The Costa Rican flag rose Tuesday on a refurbished former U.S. Coast Guard patrol boat in Baltimore, one of two outdated vessels the United States is donating to the Central American nation to help fight drug and human trafficking. As part of the transfer, worth about $18 million, a pair of Costa Rican Coast Guard crews are undergoing 10 weeks of training at the Coast Guard Yard in Curtis Bay, where they will be taught to operate the 110-foot cutters formerly known as the Long Island and the Roanoke Island. (Balt. Sun)